RMG workers stage demo blocking Dhk-M’singh highway

Workers of a ready made garments factory staged demonstration on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in MC Bazar area of Sreepur upazila on Saturday morning demanding their salaries and arrears.

Delwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Mawna Highway Police Station, said that the workers of ‘Walltex Factory’ started to gather in front of the factory from the morning and took position on the highway around 11:30 am.

Vehicular movement came to halt as the protesting workers blocked the highway for half an hour.

On information, police rushed to spot and brought the situation under control.